Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Group on Psychological Well-Being of Female Headed Households

The aim of our current research was to study the effect of group reality therapy on psychological well-being of female headed household. The research method was semi-experimental of in equivalent type along with pretest and posttest.
Hence, 30 women among female headed household under the coverage of Varamin city welfare organization were non-randomly selected, and randomly assigned into two groups of experiment and control. Based on Glaser pattern (1965), the experiment group participated in 10 sessions of ninety minutes group reality therapy constituted two times a week, while the control group received no official intervention affecting psychological well-being. Based on Glaser’s reality therapy concepts and in format of group counseling techniques, the intervention pattern used in this study was provided and presented, and Ryff’s scale of psychological well-being questionnaire has been also used for evaluating dependent variant.
Findings: Covariance analysis results demonstrated no significant difference in mean pretest of the two groups, while indicated significant difference in mean posttest for experiment group (p>0.01). In other words, the findings express positive effect of group reality therapy on psychological well-being of female headed household.